Tep Pranam ( Khmer: ប្រាសាទទេពប្រណម្យ) is a temple with a giant seated Buddha, built from sandstone blocks is still worshiped here. The interior of the figure re-uses many stone blocks while the head appears somewhat later.

Plan

To the north of the

Terrace of the Leper King The Terrace of the Leper King (or Leper King Terrace; ''Preah Lean Sdach Kumlung'') is located in the northwest corner of the Royal Square of Angkor Thom, Cambodia. It was built in the Bayon style under Jayavarman VII, though its modern name i ...

and the Royal palace, the image is approached from the east along a 75m

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causeway, 8m wide. This causeway ends on the west in a terrace with double sema (Buddhist boundary markers) at the corners and on the axes. The building housing the image would have been in wood, long since disappeared and was constructed on a cruciform foundation.''Ancient Angkor'' guide book, by Michael Freeman and Claude Jacques, p.114, published in 2003. File:Tep Prenam, Angkor Thom (9725645069).jpg File:Tep Prenam, Angkor Thom (9725646933).jpg File:Tep Prenam, Angkor Thom (9728922530).jpg File:Tep Prenam, Angkor Thom (9728875630).jpg

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* Angkorian sites in Siem Reap province Buddhist temples in Siem Reap province {{cambodia-Buddhist-temple-stub